Tag: health
Personalised vaccines – a disruptive new technology to treat cancers
Forty per cent of Australians will be diagnosed with cancer before their 85th birthday. A cancer diagnosis normally leads to surgery to remove the tumour,...
Unsafe travel adaptors sparks warning from energy safety regulator
A rise in electric shock reports has prompted a warning from WA’s energy safety regulator about dangerous travel adaptors that are not approved for...
It’s Never Too Late to Learn
Adult Learners Week – 1-8 September 2023 Despite struggling with schooling and being labelled by her teachers as below average academically, Deanie De Boer persisted...
Terry Bolland continues the history of the Avon Descent
by Janet Gatt Although the Arctic tribes of North America and Russia used kayaks for food hunting and transport 4000 years ago, kayaks were not...
Winter’s grip is a battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
As Perth shivers its way through winter, take pity on 85-year-old Gwyneth Garret for whom winter sends a chill up her spine in more...
It’s time to change the conversation about diabetes
The way we talk about diabetes can lead to a damaging sense of stigma and shame for people living with the condition, according to...
There’s no shame in finding the right equipment to keep you...
While Sydney-based chair for the Centre for Universal Design Australia (CUDA) Dr Jane Bringolf won’t be at the Perth Assistive Technologies expo, she has...
Reviewing your medications by a pharmacist in the privacy of your...
As the years advance, for many older people that means a corresponding increase in the number of medications that keep the body ticking over. And...
Why not eat a little meat for good health and a...
Many people have reduced their consumption of meat due to concerns about the effect of methane belched by ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) on...
Honouring WA’s first female MLC, Ruby Hutchison, who founded Epilepsy WA...
Epilepsy WA is calling for the descendants of its founder Hon. Ruby Hutchison MLC to join its Diamond Jubilee 60th year celebrations in 2023. The...